The joy of stuffed vegetables, in two recipes from grandma

Stuffed vegetables were a speciality of my grandmother, who cooked these dishes regularly when making her fantastic and extravagant twice-weekly family meals. This basic pork stuffing works brilliantly with dried mush­rooms and bitter melon, as well as medium-hot fresh chillies and eggplant. Stuffed Chinese mushrooms A word of advice: when making this dish, soak the mush­rooms the day before. Good dried mushrooms have large, thick caps that need time to hydrate fully, or else you will...